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Personal info

Full name
MORRISON, Warren Goodyear
Date of birth
21 July 1921
Age
21
Place of birth
Madison County, Ohio
Hometown
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35417581
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Left Waist Gunner
Unit
427th Bombardment Squadron,
303rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 May 1943
Place of death
North Sea, 10 miles east of Scharhörn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 4 56

Immediate family

Members
Paul Morrison (father)
Iva (Goodyear) Morrison (mother)
Clara M. Morrison (sister)
Roger Morrison (brother)
Mary J. Morrison (sister)
Robert J. Morrison (brother)
Luther L. Morrison (brother)
Ruth (Minnick) Morrison (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-29481
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Heligo Islands, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the airdrome and naval installations
MACR: 15515

More information

The airplane was last seen being attacked by enemy fighters 10 miles west of Scharhom Island, heading east towards the island. Only one parachute was seen leaving the plane before it ditched into the North Sea.

The entire crew of ten men was killed.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 303rdBomberGroup.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, Madison Press, London, Ohio,; (courtesy of Darrin Mason)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Hawthorne Family Tree